Improvement in mammiform breast-protectors



ANITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELEANOR M. MARSHALL, OF HILLSDALE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MAMMIFOPLM BREAST-PROTECTORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 43,321, dated June 2S,1864.

To all whom it 'may concern Be it known that I, E. M. MARSHALL, ofHillsdale, Columbia. county, in the State of New York, have invented,made, and applied to use a new and improved article for ladies wear,which l term a Mammiform and Protector 7 5 and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and correct description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters of reference thereon, in which- Figurelis a view of my improved mammiform and protector; Fig.2, a view ofthesame, showing one of the springs detached; Fig. 3, a view showing the`interior of one of the springs of my improved mammiform and protector,also vthe form ot same 5 Fig. 4, a view showing the application of mymammiform and protector.

In the drawings like parts of the invention are designated by the sameletters of reference.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and operation ofa mammit'orm and protector, as hereinafter shown and described.

To ena-ble those skilled in the arts to make and use my invention, Iwill speak of its construction and operat-ion.

I construct a righthand and a-lefthand former of the particular shapedesirednamely, as nearly like the natural breasts as possible.

My improved mammiforin and protector is formed of wire wound upon theseformers, forming two springs, AA2, connected together as shown, andbeing as similar as possible to the natural breasts. These springs A A2may be separated and `used singly when desired.

These springs A A2 are covered with cloth7 and when worn in corsets thehooks a t are added to fasten to the corset, and when worn separatelyshoulder-straps b b are attached, as shown, through which straps b lbthe a-ms ofthe wearer are inserted. In this case the shoulder-straps b bare connected together by the elastic tape @running across the back ofthe wearer and keeping the straps b b in position upon theshoulders.

My improved mammiform and protector, being thus constructed, will befound to possess the following advantages: light, nexible, and coveringthe natural breasts without depressing them, and serving to protectthem, and yet the springs of my mammiform and protector may be pressedtogether or onto the natural breasts, or in any other direction, andwhen relieved from such pressure resume their natural position and savethe wearer the relaxing and debilitating efects of pad s, answering allthe purposes of a protector, and always presenting a natural appearance.

I am well aware of the patent granted Mrs. McLean for the use oremployment of iiat, wound springs, in combination with a corset; but Iam not aware vthat the springs therein shown are mammiform, or that theyeffect the same purpose effected by mine, or that they can be used asadvantageously.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. Making the springs A A2'Inammit'orm, for the purposes herein specified.

2. Forming the springs A A2 from one and the same piece of wire, for thepurpose shown.

ELEANOR M. MARSHALL.

Witnesses:

ANDREws HIGGINS, J. P. MARsHALL.

